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Lucy Wangare with her 15-year-old daughter Esther Shieni. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]
The hopes of a 15-year-old girl from Ololung’a village in Narok South joining her dream high school are fast fading due to lack of school fees.
Despite her peers joining their preferred secondary schools nearly one month ago, Esther Waithera Shieni is still at home as her mother, Lucy Wangare, is unable to raise the Sh53,000 fees to enable her join Kenya High School.
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